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Toren Arnold leads Loyola T&F at USA Invitational

Sat, 04/12/2014

(Mobile, Ala.) Toren Arnold set the 800m school record mark for the third time this season as the Loyola University New Orleans men’s and women’s track teams competed at the University of South Alabama Invitational on Saturday.

Toren Arnold raced the 800m in a school record 1:56.35 while finishing third in the race. Arnold broke the school record of 2:02 which Joe Kutner had held since 2002 in the Pack’s first outdoor meet this season. Arnold has surpassed that mark twice more including Saturday’s personal best mark.

Vincent Manuel topped five Wolf Pack competitors in the 200m race in his first competition of the year. His mark of 22.69 took 14th in the race, but topped Loyola’s Christian Lynch, Justin Johnson, Mark Robinson, and Mario Ramirez. Lynch finished with a mark of 22.71 in 15th place while Johnson finished in 19th with a 22.99 mark. Manuel was .01 seconds short of Johnson’s school record of 22.68 which was set at the Tulane Team Challenge.

Mike Corso clocked a time of 4:15.89 and took 13th place in the men’s 1500m race. That was just shy of Richard Bouckaert’s school record of 4:10 which has stood since 2004.

Christian Lynch followed his record setting long jump performance with a 6.93m distance. He set the school record last week at 7.00m.

Emma Larson set the top Wolf Pack time of the season in the 800m when she finished ninth on Saturday. She completed the race in 2:31.95.

The Pack track team will return to action on Friday, April 18th as they participate in the Southeastern Invitational in Hammond, Louisiana.